Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20,196, Robert Dunn, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Dunn, Robert
98 20.196
CONTENTS

Revolutionary Claims.
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Form of a Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, that I, Robert Dunn of New York in the county of New York in the State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint Colonel Aaron Ogden my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828, as a captain  officer in the attached regiment of the  to General Green in the Staff in the line of the army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of June in the year AD. 1878.
Sealed and delivered } in the presence of }
J. Hammond
Robert Dunn
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Before me, Judah Hammond a Justice of the Peace in the county of New York in the State of New York personally appeared, this day, Robert Dunn whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit.
Witness my hand, this 17th day of June in the year
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
J. Hammond Justice of the Peace
I, Nicholas Wren Clerk of the Court of the county of New York in the State of New York do hereby certify that Judah Hammond before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this nineteenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
N. Wren
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Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.
Before me, Judah Hammond a Justice of the Peace in the county of Washington in the State of Colorado personally appeared this day, Robert Dunn the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.
Witness my hand, this 23rd day of June in the year 1878.
Miss Fannie Kelly
I, Judah Hammond Clerk of the Court of the County of Washington in the State of Colorado do hereby certify, that Judah Hammond before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the
[ L. S. ] said Court, this 23rd day of June

March 9, 1934
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Miss Ruth S. Herbert 958 Asylum Avenue Hartford, Connecticut
RA-J/REL Robert Dunn-R.20196.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Robert Dunn, of New Jersey, Robert Dunn, of Massachusetts, Theodore or Theodorus Van Tassel, Hezekiah Heath, Johannis Ver Planck, Gilbert Lyon, Daniel Garrett Van Antwerp, also War of 1812 records of a soldier with surname Van Gilson, of New Jersey.
There are no claims for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Robert Dunn, of Massachusetts, or of any of the other soldiers named above, except one Robert Dunn, of New Jersey. His record is given below as found in pension claim, R.20196, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. With the meager information furnished by you no claim for pension could be identified as that of the Thomas Lyon, also named on your list, in whom you are interested. There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the War of 1812 of any soldier, with surname Van Gilson.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Robert Dunn are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
Robert Dunn entered the army in 1776, as express rider under General Greene; in 1779, he carried dispatches between General Sullivan in the Wilderness (Tioga) and headquarters at West Point; he was wounded in the battle of Springfield and continued in this service until General Greene gave up the quartermaster's department to Colonel Timothy Pickering, who appointed him captain of a company of twenty-five express riders; he was at the siege of Yorktown, and soon after returned to his home in New Jersey, place of residence not stated; in 1782, he joined Captain John Walton's company of light dragoons, which belonged to Monmouth County; he was appointed quartermaster or quartermaster sergeant of said company about May 1, 1782, and was discharged in November, 1782.

Robert Dunn also stated that he served "during two wars" but gives no details of service in any other war than the Revolution.
He applied for pension on June 17, 1828, at which time he was a resident of New York City.
His claim was not allowed for the reason that he did not render service in the continental line of the army of the Revolution, as required by the Act of May 15, 1828, under which application was made.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. E. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Rejected. Ex'r. OLD WAR.
No. 20196
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Robert Dunn Sergt Capt Wallens N J Line Henry
Filed at _____
REJECTED
_____ other claim.
_____, 187 .
Clerk.
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Not allowed Act 1873

1915 April 3. History to Mr Mortimer Whitcomb, Chief S.E.D. on his personal request am 1934 Mar 9. History to Miss Ruth D. Herbert - Ebb

Robert Dunn's case.
Under the present declaration of Robert Dunn, it does not appear that he was ever an officer in the Continental Line, of the army, or that he ever enlisted in it, as a non-commissioned or soldier - Express orders were never taken from Line of the army - and if otherwise he says he was discharged and returned home to New Jersey at the time of the Siege of York Town - Captain John Walton to my knowledge commanded a company of Light-Horse, but I do not remember that it belonged to the Line of the army or how it stood related to it - and if he was appointed Lieutenant in 1782, & the company was part of the Continental army, he must have been a Subaltern also, but whether so or not, or in what rank is not stated in his declaration.

Revolutionary Claim
Col. Aaron Ogden Washington City D.C.
Ex-Pension enquired

Revolutionary Claim
Col. Aaron Ogden Washington City D.C.
Post-Office enquiries

New York 23. March 1829.
My Dear Sir,
Permit me to inquire of you the situation of my affairs as to pension for services rendered in the Revolutionary Contest. —
My Vouchers have been forwarded to you address'd to Richard Rush Esq. Secy of the Treasury Dept o Washington City. — I have not received from you Sir, any reply or the acknowledgment of having received from me any communication.
Please direct to the care of Miss M rs Mary Wells, Merch s No. 6. South St. N o York. the result of my application.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Yr. Obedient Serv t .
Robert Dunn
Col: Aaron Ogden Washington City

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an Act, entitled, "AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF CERTAIN SURVIVING OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY OF THE REVOLUTION," approved on the 15th day of May, 1828, I, Robert Dunn of the city of New York in the County of New York in the State of New York do hereby declare, that I was an Officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the war - That I entered as an express rider under General Green and in the year 1776 and continued such until the year 1778 when I was appointed by General Green captain of a company of Express riders and continued as such until after the siege of Yorktown when I was discharged and returned to my home in New Jersey and shortly thereafter in the year 1782 I joined Capt John Walton's Company of Light Dragoons belonging to Monmouth County of which I was appointed Quartermaster on or about the first day of May 1782 and continued as such until I was discharged some time about the month of November 1783
And I also declare, that I afterwards received Certificates (commonly called Commutation Certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 22d of October, 1780.
Witness my hand this twenty eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine
Robert Dunn
State of New York City and County of New York } ss
BEFORE ME, Charles Jeffrey Smith a commission duly appointed to administer Oaths in the City and County of New York in the State of New York personally appeared, this day, Thomas Geran and James Sergeant of the said County, who did, severally, make oath, that Robert Dunn by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an Officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this twenty eighth day of January in the year 1829
Thomas Geran

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Robert Dunn to Aaron Ogden with power of substitution to M c R. House
Coaged 25 June 1828

Revolutionary Claims.
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Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Robert Dunn of New York in the county of Brooklyn in the State of New York do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a * Sergeant in Captain John Wallon's Company, in the _____ Regiment, of the New Jersey Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States. † or at any other time
Witness my hand, this 17th day of June , in the year
1828 - Robert Dunn
Before me, ‡ a Justice of the peace duly empowered to administer oaths , in the county of Brooklyn in the State of New York personally appeared, this day, Peter Hinman and Samuel S. Hoyt of the said county, who did severally make oath that Robert Dunn by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated. in Express rider
Witness my hand, this 19th day of June in the year 1828
Judah Hammond Justice of the Peace
I, Nicholas Dean Clerk of the Court of the County of New York in the State of New York do hereby certify, that Judah Hammond Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a § Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 19th day of June  1828 ,
N. Dean Clerk
† Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths. § Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be.
Peter Hinman Samuel S. Hoyt

for
New York 19 June 1828.
While I am addressing you in behalf of Cap r Dunn I that I would just ask if you had yet had time to examine the claim of my Father Sam l Hays (written by me on Wednesday of last week) referring to Col l Stewart & L d Edwards
I have certified herewith, as to my belief that Rob t Dunn did act as an express rider, during the Revolutionary War, & have as much right to believe so as to believe that such a War ever happened - for My (Father) did not Marry until 1783. after his disbandment.
I have seen Gen l Nathaniel Greene, Signature & that of Col l Timothy Pickering I believe that Cap r Dunn's Voucher, subscribed by them no forgery
During the late War I had the honor to serve my Country & Well know from having been (under the immediate

1 Command of Genl. Robt. Swartwout B.W. G. Col. Justus Post Led. Mullany L Maj. M. A. Barron & also in the Pay Office under Col. Richard Hatt. — that Capt. Dunn was always found a faithful, & efficient Officer. —
What he was when an express Rider I know only by Report — & if that speaks truth he was an excellent Light Dragoon.
Pardon me Sir for the length of this paragraph & believe me very
Respectfully Your Servant
Sam l J. Hoyt
Col. Aaron Ogden

Revolutionary Claim
Col. Aaron Osborn Washington City D. C.
Peaple reference to 1820 20 Jan 1820

Revolutionary Claim
Col: Aaron Ogden Washington City D. C.
Recd of Col. Ogden 26 Jan 1825

New York 19 th June 1828
Sir Herewith the Power of Attorney and Declaration, sworn to before and certified by Justice Hammond, and Mr Dean Esdaile of this city. —
In your circular addressed "Washington May 31. 1828." an allusion is made to the compensation. —
You sir have my Power of Attorney and as such, will please to exercise that power satisfactorily to Yourself, and I have no doubt it will satisfy me. I have long been acquainted with you sir and feel perfect confidence in your exertions to serve an Old Continental and feel disposed to reward you amply for your exertions, be pleased to put forward my case with all convenient speed, and address Robert Dunn. care of Messrs Wm H Benj. Wells. Merch ts

No 6. South Street New York
The Hon ble Jeromy Johnson. Mr. C. from this State informs me that he left my Vouchers. with the Clerk of the House of Representatives. - with them will be found Genl. Greene & Col. Pickering's Orders &c. &c.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Yr Ob t Servant Robert Dunn -
P.S. In 1776, I was employed by Genl. Greene as an Express Rider - 1779. performed an extra tour of duty & delivered Letter to Genl. Sullivan in the Wilderness (He brought his reply to No. 27. West Point Was in the field & wounded at the Battle of Springfield. under Command of Genl. Greene When Genl. Greene gave up the Q r Master's Department to Col. Col. Aaron Ogden Washington City D. K.

Timothy Lickery I rec d from that Officer the Command of a Company of 25 Men Mounted I was at the siege of York Town and after my Company was discharged I enlisted under Capt. Waller for 1 Year & served as a B t M t Ser t to the end of the War
And for my services during Two Wars , in both of which I believe I did my duty to the satisfaction of my Superior Officers & fulfilled my duty to my Country as far forth as I knew how. — I hope in Common with my Brother Soldiers, to share a portion of my Country's Bounty.
oga
20 June 1828

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
23 July 1828.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Robert Dunn , under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution.
Richard Rush.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Department! Bountyland office The records of this office do not show that Robert Dunn ever received or is entitled to a warrant for bounty land of the United States, as a Sergeant in the New Jersey line Robert Taylor
No Record
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
18 July 1828.
Robert Dunn of the City in the County of and in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant in captain Walton's company, in the regiment of the New Jersey line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Smith.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
July 22 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to in the
It further appears that is now on the pension list of the agency, and has been so since the at the rate of dollars per month.
Robert Dunn is not found among the soldiers of the New Jersey line who were entitled to the gratuity of eighty dollars - J. H. Hays Secy

A Floyd. for R Dunn. - 191. 8
Rec 12 Feb 1829.
Peter B. Porter Esq. War Dept. Washington
Gen. Office 11 Feb. 1829. Referred to the Treasury Dept.

Recd. Office 11. June 6. 18 28 Referred to the Treasury Dept.
11. June 6. 18 28
Hon. Peter B. Porter Sec'y War Dept. Washington
Recd 12 July 1899.
A. H. Lough. for P. B. Porter - 191.

New York Feby 11 th 1829
Peter B Porter Esq e
Secy of the War Depart t
Sir
I am requested by Capt Robert Dunn and Thomas Pease to ascertain from your depart t whether they are entitled to a pension under the act of 15 May 1828.
R Dunn was capt of a company of 4/supers rdes during the greater part of the Revolutionary war until the month of May 1782 when he was appointed paymaster of a Regiment of Dragoons in the New Jersey line in which he served until after the close of the war when he was discharged He never received the commutation and I have not the means of determining whether he was entitled to it which I understand to be a prerequisite to entitle him to the benefit of the act in question.

The case of T. Green corresponds in substance with that of Deane except that he was a private
I am respectfully
Your obedient
Aug. Floyd

District of Columbia,
WASHINGTON COUNTY, SCT.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Aaron Ogden _____ the Attorney mentioned in the annexed power from Robert Dunn _____ do hereby constitute and appoint John R Nourse _____ my true and lawful Attorney and substitute, to effect all the purposes for which the power from the said Robert Dunn _____ was granted.
Witness my hand and seal this twentieth _____ day of June _____ 1828.
WITNESS:
James Ord
Aaron Ogden (L 27)
BE IT KNOWN, That on this 28th day of June , 1828, personally appeared before me, MICHAEL NOURSE, Notary Public, the above named Aaron Ogden _____, and acknowledged the foregoing power of substitution to be his act and deed
Michael Nourse Noty Pub

Robert Durm - Express Rider - Capt. + Dr. Master N.Y. line - N.J. line - Pay Master 2 continental Armies -
New York Not found E. 2nd Ave. 11th Hills R. J. 1 old book 100-1-1-1

958 Asylum Ave., Hartford, Conn. Jan. 9, 1933.
Veterans Administration, Pension Department, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I understand your department sends out copies of the Pension Records of United States soldiers and sailors free of charge. I have several which I should like very much to have, and would certainly appreciate it if you would send them to the above address.
I should like to have the record of Robert Dunn of New Jersey who served under General Washington in the Revolution. Also the record of Robert Dunn one R.W. only

of Massachusetts who served in the Revolution.
Will you see if you have a Theodore or Theodorus Van Tassel of New York, and a Hezekiah Heath of New Jersey as having been in the American Army in the Revolution. I find, I should like their records.
I should also like the records of Johannes Ver Planck of New York, Capt Gilbert Lyon and Lt Thomas Lyon of New York, and Daniel Garnet  Van Antwerp of New York.
Have you any record of a man named Van Gieson of Secaucus , New Jersey who served in the War of 1812 ? His wife was a Van Iderstine , & they had a daughter Ann Van Gieson who married a Theodore Van Tassel.
I am engaged in genealogical and historical work at the

Connecticut State Library, and if you could give me this information, it would be of great assistance.
Hoping to hear from you, I am
Very truly yours, Pratt S. Hildreth.
P.S. Any facts about these men's families — wives, children & all data — would be most valuable to me.

April 3, 1915.
Mr. Mortimer Whitehead, Chief of S. E. Division, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
In response to your personal inquiry of the second instant, you are advised that in the Revolutionary War pension claim Rejected File No. 20,196, Robert Dunn stated that he entered the army in 1776, as an Express Rider under General Greene; in 1779, he carried dispatches between General Sullivan in the Wilderness (Georga) and headquarters at West Point; he was wounded at the battle of Springfield and continued in this service until General Greene gave up the Quartermaster's Department to Colonel Timothy Pickering, who appointed him Captain of a company of twenty-five express riders; he was at the Siege of Yorktown, and soon after was discharged and returned to his home in New Jersey (place of residence not stated). In 1782, he joined Captain John Walton's company of Light Dragoons, which belonged to Monmouth County; he was appointed Quartermaster or Quartermaster's Sergeant of said company

about the first day of May, 1782, and was discharged in November, 1782.
He also stated that he served "during two wars", but gives no details of service in any war other than the Revolution, nor is there any data on file as to his family.
He applied for pension June 17, 1828, at which time he resided in New York City. His claim was not allowed, for the reason that he did not render service in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, as required by the Act of May 15, 1828, under which application was made.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Offic Note
I did not use 1778 as date when he was made Capt. of Express Riders because Gen Greene did not leave P.M. Dept until 1780 and Col T. Pickering did not take charge until 1780.